ECE RESEARCH FACULTY

Mehdi Kalantari Khandani

Title: Assistant Research Scientist
Areas/Affiliations: ECE, M.S. in Telecom Program
E-mail: mehkalan@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-6622
Office: A.V. Williams Building, Rm. 1365

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Biography:

Dr. Mehdi Kalantari Khandani is an assistant research scientist at the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of
Maryland (UMD). He received his BSc and MSc degrees in electrical
engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1996, and 1998, respectively. After gaining several years of industry
experience in control and communication systems during 1996-2000, he
started his PhD studies at UMD in 2000, where he received PhD in
Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2005, and since then he has
worked there as an assistant research scientist. Dr. Kalantari's
research interests include Communication Theory, Internet Security and
in particular Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense, and
modeling and analysis of Wireless Networks, and Vehicular Networking
Technologies. His inventions in the area of DDoS are the core
intellectual property of RioRey Inc., an international leader in
providing of DDoS solutions.

Dr. Kalantari received Dean's Honor Award of the Sharif University of
Technology in 1996, Business Plan Competition Award of UMD in 2004,
and Award for Entrepreneurship of UMD in 2006. Moreover, he has
received research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF),
Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), and Maryland Technology
Development Corporation (TEDCO).

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